From: thelma@sys-concept.com
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Qustions re Dell M.2 PCIe NVMe Solid State Drives under Gentoo
Date: Thu, 27 May 2021 18:11:51 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4dbce3f3-0925-1acc-75b2-d38943dc1ba0@sys-concept.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <YLAJg0W6JdoykbwI@waltdnes.org>
On 5/27/21 3:05 PM, Walter Dnes wrote:
> It was nice to have a newer "hot backup" (XPS8940) to switch over to
> quickly when an older machine started locking up occasionally. Now I
> need a "hot backup" for the newer machine that I ordered last October.
> Dell Inspirons seem to top out at 12 gigs ram, so I'm looking for an XPS
> model in order to get more ram as the bloating of linux continues. All
> current XPS models seem to have 256G or 512G M.2 PCIe NVMe Solid State
> drives in the base configuration. Questions...
>
> * do NVMe drives function well under Gentoo (driver issues, etc)?
>
> * how long do they hold up (wear and tear)?
>
> * can I simply disable them if I run into problems?
>
> If someone can suggest an alternate supplier to Dell, that ships to
> greater Toronto, at similar prices, I'd be willing to take a look at
> them.
Checking out XPS8940 (about 1799.00CAD) it seems to me expensive. They did not mention if the NVME is Gen. 3 or Gen. 4
I paid about $1250CAD for:
- SilverStone Technology Plastic/Secc Mini-Itx Computer Case
- Corsair Force MP600 M.2 2280 1TB PCI-Express Gen 4.0
- CORSAIR Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 3200
- ASUS ROG STRIX Z590-I GAMING motherboard
- CORSAIR SF Series SF450 450 Watt 80 PLUS Gold
- Intel Core i5 11400 2.6GHz
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-05-28 0:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-05-27 21:05 [gentoo-user] Qustions re Dell M.2 PCIe NVMe Solid State Drives under Gentoo Walter Dnes
2021-05-27 21:24 ` Michael
2021-05-27 21:35 ` Alarig Le Lay
2021-05-27 22:47 ` Walter Dnes
2021-05-27 23:00 ` Grant Taylor
2021-05-28 2:09 ` [gentoo-user] " Grant Edwards
2021-06-01 6:27 ` [gentoo-user] " J. Roeleveld
2021-05-27 22:09 ` Grant Taylor
2021-05-27 23:45 ` thelma
2021-05-28 0:11 ` thelma [this message]
2021-05-28 13:13 ` Walter Dnes
2021-05-28 14:16 ` thelma
2021-05-28 14:36 ` thelma
2021-05-28 16:17 ` Walter Dnes
2021-06-02 20:52 ` antlists
2021-06-03 0:19 ` William Kenworthy
2021-05-28 21:27 ` Walter Dnes
2021-05-28 2:17 ` [gentoo-user] " Grant Edwards
2021-05-28 16:04 ` [gentoo-user] " Alan Mackenzie
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